Should SurrealisticPillowChild buy live dead????

Ime not a huge fan of the grateful dead, but I have their "American Beauty" album and i really like it a lot.

I weas wondering if anybody could recommend another album i might like. my favourite song by the dead is "Help on the way" which i think is an amazing song...

I have seen "Live Dead" in local stores and was wondering if it would be worth buying If "live Dead" is more of their countryfied music ime not too bothered about buying it, but most people i have asked elsewhere say that "live dead" is a really great live album with lots of improvisation

Also, if anybody has heard the 13th floor elevator, are they any good?? i havent heard them yet

Concerning the 13th Flr. Elevators, if you don't like psychedelic music that doesn't come from the West Coast (they're Texas psych.!!!), perhaps you won't like it much...many people think Roky and co. are pretty 'punkish'...I don't...i luv 'em!!!!

Rob

SurrealisticPillowChild wrote:Just looking for a little help...

Ime not a huge fan of the grateful dead, but I have their "American Beauty" album and i really like it a lot.

I weas wondering if anybody could recommend another album i might like. my favourite song by the dead is "Help on the way" which i think is an amazing song...

I have seen "Live Dead" in local stores and was wondering if it would be worth buying If "live Dead" is more of their countryfied music ime not too bothered about buying it, but most people i have asked elsewhere say that "live dead" is a really great live album with lots of improvisation

Also, if anybody has heard the 13th floor elevator, are they any good?? i havent heard them yet

my first dead album was aoxomoxoa
and still one of my all time albums
not so much freak out Psychedelic
its has an easy free flow style to it
you can get hold of a copy quiet cheap and still have some change to pick up some pot

baronvonjack wrote:my first dead album was aoxomoxoaand still one of my all time albumsnot so much freak out Psychedelic its has an easy free flow style to it you can get hold of a copy quiet cheap and still have some change to pick up some pot

Thanks for the comments so far, and yeah, ill get a copy of aoxomoxoa this weekend for sure.

Ime always on these forums so i can reply pretty quickly to all threads etc Ime a student and i spend half of my time just listening to jefferson airplane and sitting on these forums

just thought i'd drop a line and mention a band called
united states of america and thier self titled album
if you dont have a copy its well worth checking out
not so much west coast more new york acid
its very dark and eerie.
lots of very early synthesizers and ring modulators
and loads of trippy lyrics
i only play the album when my girlfrind is out of the flat
it freaks her out

i normally try to log on site when i am on my lunch break at work
i pack boxes in a warehouse
but for the past two days i have skivved
went to see captian paul and the js on saturday down at the mean fiddler london
danced my arse off for the whole gig and now i am to knackerd to walk.
your not dead when you turn 30 you just hurt in places you did'nt know you had. highlight of the gig was meeting paul at the bar
if i had'nt been so wasted i might of said something meaningful
just asked if he wanted a pint
alas someone else was already getting the drinks in

Hey baron.......your girlfriend makes me wonder why chicks "raise their heels" when they hear trippy music??! I have the funny feeling it gets on their nerves for some obscure reason (NOT ALL chicks of course!!)

oh you might have hit the nail on the head about our music being seen as obscure.
i know a few ladys who like to groove to an acid tune but for the most part bands like ja and the dead are unknown to most uk folks
a techno band called the boogie pimps (german) did a remix of sombody to love it came out last year and was a huge hit across europe i think it went top 5 in the uk . my girlfriend liked that version but i had to tell her it was a ja tune .
watch out there,s a real crap euro techo white rabbit mix out there avoid at all cost

p.s my girlfriend would like to say she thinks my taste in music is sh*t well guess who,s sleeping on the sofa tonight

Dave, you're always so perceptive... That's what i was thinking.
In terms of the live Grateful Dead albums, my favourite is Anthem for the Sun. The songs are shorter, more accessible, and properly thought out. While i like the jamming of the dead sometimes they seem to keep playing for the sake of it. I like more thought out improvisation. Live Dead is great but maybe check out Anthem for the Sun first. And just to answer one of your other questions neither albums are in the slightest bit country or that much like American Beauty either.

Nick

p.s. i never really liked the united states of america album. i found it really predictable. The high point is definitely the American Metaphysical Circus's intro. I have to disagree again i'm afraid, i thought the lyrics were really crap. Having said all that i haven't heard any of the bonus tracks which are allegedly better than the album as i bought it before the bonus track pressing was released.

the 13th floor elevators are a good band listen to roller coaster or your gonna miss me good songs, anthem of the sun is pretty heavy had a good trip bad then good try their self titled album more of their acid-test days

Oh no worries man......I've been hearing these comments on music for eons..it's history repeating! Then again, music is subjective, isn't it??!!

baronvonjack wrote:oh you might have hit the nail on the head about our music being seen as obscure.i know a few ladys who like to groove to an acid tune but for the most part bands like ja and the dead are unknown to most uk folksa techno band called the boogie pimps (german) did a remix of sombody to love it came out last year and was a huge hit across europe i think it went top 5 in the uk . my girlfriend liked that version but i had to tell her it was a ja tune . watch out there,s a real crap euro techo white rabbit mix out there avoid at all cost

p.s my girlfriend would like to say she thinks my taste in music is sh*t well guess who,s sleeping on the sofa tonight